Private Autism Assessment Services in Isle of Wight and Hampshire

Are you considering your options? We have private online autism assessments for adults and children available in 4-6 weeks. There’s no GP referral required and we’ll support you every step of the way. Simply book online and start your journey today.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) presents uniquely in each person. A formal online autism assessment can help you or your family member move forward with confidence. Whether you're seeking understanding for yourself or your child, our team is here to help guide you through this journey.

We offer online autism assessments for adults, teenagers and children across Manchester.

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What happens in a private autism assessment?

To provide the most appropriate support, we first need to understand your own or your family member's unique neurodevelopmental profile. Our experienced team will perform a thorough autism (ASD) online assessment in order to determine if autism is part of you or your child's story.

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Screening

Our free screening process provides initial clarity and insight if you're exploring whether you or your family member might be autistic. Our psychology team, led by a consultant clinical psychologist, will review the information provided and if the screening indicates autism may be present, we'll recommend a formal diagnostic assessment.

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Information Gathering

We gather information from multiple perspectives to understand patterns of behaviour and interaction across different environments. For children, this includes input from their school, or in some cases another professional who know your child well. For adults, we ask someone who has known you since childhood to provide information about your early years. This comprehensive approach helps our clinical team better understand your own or your child's unique strengths and needs.

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Assessment

Our online assessment approach is tailored according to age and individual circumstances. For children, a multidisciplinary team including clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, and a paediatrician, or child and adolescent psychiatrist, work together, using play-based activities and natural interaction - using ADOS-informed clinical observation to understand your child's communication style and social engagement. Parents share their perspective on their child's developmental journey, which is supplemented by a school report from their teacher.

Our specialists discuss all findings using established assessment methods. For adults, an expert clinical psychologist or psychiatrist conducts a thorough interview exploring your life experiences. Since autism can present similarly to other conditions, our job is to differentiate between them focusing on understanding your social interaction patterns, communication style, and sensory experiences across different environments - from relationships to work. Our specialists take time to explore your personal history, ensuring you feel heard throughout the process. Both approaches conclude with a detailed discussion of findings and an opportunity for questions, ensuring that you or your child feel heard and understood.

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Diagnostic Report

Working closely together, our team will produce a comprehensive report providing a clear and detailed breakdown of the assessment. The outcome will be straightforward and easy to understand, and the report can be shared with your child’s school to support a positive and informed conversation about the diagnosis. As our assessments are fully NICE compliant, you can be reassured that our diagnostic reports are recognised and accepted by both the NHS and education systems.

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Support

Whether autism is identified or not, our expert team will guide you or your child through all the available support options. These include therapeutic support packages provided by clinical and counselling psychologists within our wellbeing service, tailored to individual needs and circumstances.

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Who we help

With expert online assessment and compassionate support, both children and adults can embrace their authentic selves and thrive. Our team is here to guide your journey.

Our online assessment services are available to adults and children in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, where appropriate. We also offer in-person assessments at our Basingstoke clinic

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What is autism and why get an assessment?​

A trusted provider in Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Neurodiversity is an inherent part of human variation - a natural expression of our species' diversity. Being autistic means your neurological functions are organised differently to neurotypical people, offering both unique perspectives and potential challenges.

Understanding your neurodevelopmental profile can help you access the support you need to thrive. At Psicon, we provide online and in-person private autism assessments - either individually or combined - for adults, with asessments available at our Basingstoke clinic.

For many people, online appointments are more convenient. They remove the need to travel and allow the assessment to take place in a familiar environment, which can help individuals feel more comfortable and relaxed.

What are the signs of autism?

You may be experiencing…

Although autistic people share some common experiences, every person's neurodevelopmental profile is unique: sensory sensitivities, being misunderstood at work, or school difficulties. in relationships social isolation in children

Challenges at home

Challenges at home

Keeping on top of housework, finishing DIY projects, dealing with bills and doing the chores are a very different challenge for people with ADHD. While many of us will dislike these kinds of tasks, ADHD makes them incredibly difficult despite the very best efforts. The stress that often comes from feeling these jobs are mounting up can be very distressing.

Challenges in relationships

Challenges in relationships

It can be very difficult to maintain relationships and meet your partner’s needs at the same time as ensuring your own needs are met. Impulsivity can be very difficult to manage and lead to many arguments – knowing if you have ADHD can help others understand that this can’t always be helped.

Personal challenges

Personal challenges

People with ADHD often find it difficult to get into a hobby or interest or find that they can be very passionate about something but then quickly become interested in something else. People can get drawn into endless scrolling and get frustrated with themselves for not being able to develop more healthy strategies to cope with stress.

Challenging behaviours in children

Challenging behaviours in children

Children with ADHD can be very tricky to manage as they are not always able to respond to your requests and direction. Due to their impulsivity and high levels of activation, they might find it difficult to listen, stay on task or sit still. This can be very stressful, especially with the pace of life and competing demands from family, school and work. Families can get stuck in unhelpful cycles, where parents become frustrated with their children and children act-up more as they can’t always do want is wanted.

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Here's what our patients have to say

We've helped thousands of patients over the years, and here are some of their thoughts.

Psicon exceeded our expectations.

From the referral from our local GP, we were kept informed every step of the way. The timescales we were given were shorter on every occasion. The staff were lovely, professional and friendly.

We have been delighted with the service.

We had a wonderful experience from beginning to the end, great waiting times for an ADHD assessment, great communication, professional, we have been delighted with the service.

We felt listened to and respected at every step of the assessment process.

Everyone whom we had contact with from Psicon where amazing and friendly. We felt listened to and respected at every step of the assessment process. We were well informed of each step and always asked if we had any questions.

We couldn't be more grateful to the great team at Psicon.

Great communication and service from Psicon. My daughter was seen by lovely doctors under the right to choose pathway and we couldn't be more grateful to the great team at Psicon.

The whole process took between 6-8 weeks from start to finish.

I couldn’t be more grateful for Pscion. After waiting years on the NHS for my sons ADHD assessment and him constantly being failed by everyone, we decided to go privately instead. The whole process took between 6-8 weeks from start to finish.

Highly recommended.

Highly recommended, Psicon has made what is an important but stressful journey to diagnosis a little bit more easier

Compassionate and caring service.

Compassionate and caring service. I felt heard and listened to during my appointment, where I was able to learn about my new autism diagnosis.

Amazing service with a short wait time.

Amazing service with a short wait time. Everyone I had contact with were friendly, understanding and helpful.

A very smooth and stress free service.

An amazing service from both the clinicians and specialists that saw myself and child, were very helpful, informative, went above and beyond with advise and support. A very smooth and stress free service, thank you

Finally able to enjoy life to full.

Life changing! Been able to learn a lot of methods to help with my mental health issues, and finally able to enjoy life to full. Can’t thank you enough!

I was made to feel at ease straight away

The doctor was very patient and understanding and I was treated with the utmost respect. I came away feeling well informed and I have a plan moving forward for my condition.

Speech & Language Therapist

It is a privilege to work in partnership with the expert staff team at Psicon and the child/family-centred approach to clinical practice is reflected at every level of the organisation.

Thank you once again for all of your help Psicon!

An outstanding company. Are always willing to help on the phone with any questions, concerns or problems. I would recommend them to anyone.

Fantastic clinic. I would highly recommend.

I chose to go here to get diagnosed privately. Sadly I have been let down by the NHS since my childhood in the 1980’s and I decided I had to go private, but I would say it was worth every penny and the long drive from my home. Lovely professional staff. Thank you.

Quick efficient service.

I could not have been happier with timescales, responses and communication.

The centre is a lovely welcoming place and the professionals put my highly anxious son at ease.

We went to the children's centre to get my son aged 17, a private assessment. From the start the staff were informative and helpful. The centre is a lovely welcoming place and the professionals put my highly anxious son at ease. In fact he even asked when we were going back! After negative experiences with the NHS and school, my son felt that he could finally access support that was right for him. Thank you 😊

Would highly recommend Psicon for any assessments

Absolutely amazing with my son, very easy to talk to and my son loved interacting with the staff.

I would recommend this service to anyone that I know.

I attended the practice in June of 2022. The practice had such welcoming and kind staff members. This really eased any anxieties I had about going to the practice, and set a very calming atmosphere.

Excellent communication and explanation throughout the assessments.

All staff seemed very knowledge, were prompt and courteous and we were given a conclusion by the end of the assessment

All practitioners were friendly, understanding and really knowledgeable

All practitioners were friendly, understanding and really knowledgeable and informative. They managed to put my anxious daughter at ease. They listened carefully, and were responsive to what we were saying. They also gave helpful suggestions to think about with the school and within the family.

Exceptional service.

The sessions were well organised. The psychologist was outstanding and it was like they knew me after just a couple of sessions. I would 100% recommend this service. I feel so much better and am going forward with several tools to keep me mentally healthy. I cannot recommend this service enough.

As a parent, it gave me the reassurance that my daughter will grow up knowing how her mind works

My daughter came out of her ADHD assessment feeling very positive about herself and empowered. As a parent, it gave me the reassurance that my daughter will grow up knowing how her mind works and what she needs to put in place to help herself along the way. We are very grateful to have been given such high quality care.

Occupational Therapist

It’s great to work in such a supportive environment. I really appreciate the CPD on offer and the chance to work with so many highly experienced clinicians.

Working with Psicon has meant that I have been able to meet colleagues from a range of clinical backgrounds. This has enriched and broadened my own clinical knowledge.

Speech & Language Therapist

I really value the opportunity to work with a whole host of highly skilled and passionate clinicians as a multi-disciplinary team. I always come away from a day in clinic having learned something new - either from the clinician I'm working with or from the young people we've met! I appreciate Psicon's forward-thinking and positive approach to the diagnosis of Autism and feel confident that our assessments and reports are neurodiversity-affirming.

Occupational Therapist

I have worked as an associate for Psicon for 5 years and have enjoyed it tremendously. Everything is made so easy for you to do your job as an ADOS assessor, and you are supported every step of the way. I have made some lifelong friends and have travelled to beautiful places in the UK.

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

I like to work with Psicon as it is a well organised firm with some very good appointments to management that makes a big difference. I can take my difficulties there and it can be solved. It uses an IT system that works well. In effect it can then render a quality service to the patients.

What I enjoy and value about working in the Psicon associate team: Excellent pre-assessment information collection. The flexibility of a mixture of face to face and remote appointments.

I really enjoy working as part of such a well organised service with wonderful colleagues. I am always learning from families and the team.

Since joining Psicon, what's impressed me is the sense of professional community and collective support that appears to be carefully and purposefully nurtured in the team. The clarity provided in terms of work processes, areas of responsibility, and support helped me as an associate to feel confident and valued in delivering as a part of the clinical team. I appreciate the flexibility offered to associates and the transparency of Psicon's work allocation approach.

I am a relatively new Associate with Psicon but from the start have felt part of a very supportive team. Despite working remotely, the training and support that I have had from Psicon has been comprehensive. In my clinical work I have enjoyed working alongside talented and supportive colleagues. Being an Associate has also given me an opportunity to pursue a better work life balance.

All staff are trained immaculately!

All staff are trained immaculately! Very kind, very helpful. Just wonderful. I could not have asked for a better service!

They treated me like I was a person

They treated me like I was a person and demonstrated they treat each individual on a case to case base using treatments tailored to the individuals needs. They listened without judgement offering to treat individuals with complex needs.

From the minute we arrived staff were welcoming and professional.

From the minute we arrived staff were welcoming and professional. Thank you for listening and helping my son to be as comfortable as possible. You were so attentive to his ways and the consultant, speech and language therapist had extensive knowledge and were able to pick up on things I wasn’t even aware of. The support throughout was amazing, everything was explained in detail and I would definitely recommend Psicon to others. Thank you again.

I've found the team at Psicon warm, professional, and supportive. Working for Psicon has been great for my own professional development, learning from others in the MDT both through working side by side in assessments and through others sharing their knowledge and experience in the reflective practice meetings held by Psicon for their associates. I find the work with Psicon very contained, each day is like a separate project, which means it works well alongside the other work I do. The pay is also great!

Working as an associate with Psicon has meant access to a range of high quality CPD opportunities, and working within such a skilled MDT also allows for many more professional development opportunities day to day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We're here to answer your questions

Taking the first steps to understanding why your child feels different, unhappy, or is struggling takes courage. We’re here to help you make sure you find the right support for your child and your family.

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We operate with the highest quality clinical standards and fully comply with NICE guidelines throughout our service. We regularly partner with NHS Trusts and ICBs to support their waiting lists as a trusted provider. For child assessments, we ensure a doctor - paediatrician or psychiatrist - is part of the process; a standard that isn't universal across private services. With these rigorous standards in place, our assessment outcomes are readily accepted by the NHS, schools and colleges

In some situations, meeting in person allows us to build a fuller and more accurate understanding. This may be recommended where:

  • a child is very young or may find it difficult to stay engaged online
  • there are more significant communication differences
  • behaviour needs to be observed in more detail
  • the presentation is more complex or unclear

If we feel an in‑person assessment is the best approach, we will always discuss this with you and explain our reasoning.

Having made thousands of autism spectrum assessments, we understand it presents differently in each individual. Our assessments are designed to recognise masking and camouflaging – particularly common in females. Our team has extensive experience in identifying the female presentation of autism across different ages, understanding that some characteristics may be less visible in certain contexts or situations.

We typically ask someone who has known you for a long time to provide additional information as part of the assessment process, which helps us understand your earlier life experiences. According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-5), one of the key criteria for an autism diagnosis is evidence that characteristics have been present since early development. However, we understand that some people may not be able to find someone who can provide this historical information. While having this information is helpful, not having it won't prevent the assessment from going ahead. In such cases, we encourage you to bring any available documentation that could provide insights into earlier experiences or development - such as school reports and other relevant records.

We aim to provide an autism assessment appointment within four to six weeks of receiving all pre-assessment information. The timeline often depends on how quickly we receive completed questionnaires from all relevant parties (such as family members, schools, or other professionals who know you or your child well).

Our online autism assessments follow the same clinical process as our in‑person assessments. The only difference is that online assessments are delivered via secure video consultation rather than in a clinic.

There is no difference in price between online and in‑person assessments.

For many people, online appointments are more convenient. They remove the need to travel and allow the assessment to take place in a familiar environment, which can help individuals feel more comfortable and relaxed.

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Everyone's mind processes information differently. Some people are neurodivergent, processing attention and activity in ways that differ from what's typically expected. While these differences can bring challenges, we believe that with understanding, empathy, and expert support, everyone can thrive. Whether you're seeking a private online autism assessment for yourself or your child, our support teams are here to help guide your journey.

Please note that you are submitting an enquiry for Psicon’s private service, where the assessment is self-funded. If you are seeking an NHS-funded referral or wish to access the ‘Right to Choose’ pathway, please click here and request a referral through your GP.

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Psicon handle all personal data in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018. We will process personal information in ways that respect your individual rights and in line with our company values, exercising the highest standards of confidentiality, integrity, and trust. For more information please see the Privacy Notice on our website. From time to time, we may wish to contact you with marketing information and updates about our services by email or phone.

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